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Re: packaging question



On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 12:07:47AM +0000, David H. Askew wrote:
> so there will be 
> 
> jedit
> jedit-doc or jedit-doc-html (which is prefered)?
jedit-doc

> The docs are distributed in the same src package as the program, so if I
> make two packages, one for the docs and one for the binary.. won't the
> debian archive contain two identical versions of the source code when it
> is uploaded? .. this seams kinda bloated ... so I'm sure there is something I don't understand ... is this what multiple-binary packages are for?
There will be one source package and two binary packages.  Your control
file will have three clauses.  The system understand this sort of thing 
very well.

> if not ... is it acceptable for me to split the original src tarball
> locally and upload the split versions to the debian archive, or must the
> sources be "prestine" ...
The sources should be as near as possible to upstream.  Splitting them
up is not neccessary. 

> .. any insights, thoughts, RTFMs (which ones, what section) would be
> helpfull
Look at the debhelper examples, remember that a -doc file is arch
independent while the binaries are probably arch dependent.
You can test this by using a -B, it shouldn't re-make the doc package
again (this is what the porters use).

  - Craig

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